Self Help

Time. Communication in the Internet Century usually means using email, and email, despite being remarkably useful and powerful, often inspires momentous dread in otherwise optimistic, happy humans.

Here are our personal rules for mitigating that sense of foreboding: Cover of 'How Google Works,' by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg How Google Works 1. Respond quickly.
Why French children are taught to love food instead of its nutrition and diet...
Just four days before the US elections, the Paris Agreement officially became international law after receiving formal sign-off from 55 countries that contribute 55% of global greenhouse-gas emissions.

This landmark deal marked a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change, particularly given its ratification by a majority of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, including India, China, the United States, and the European Union. However, the election of Donald Trump has ushered in a new administration that has vocalized opposition to the agreement, leaving a wake of uncertainty. Now, more than ever, it’s important that we make every dollar and every action count in the fight against climate change. To make this happen, the Paris Agreement needs to include one key group that has been largely left out of the most prominent plans to combat climate change: smallholder farmers.

Thinking about the little guy Developing a framework Collaboration is key. How to Write Email with Military Precision. In the military, a poorly formatted email may be the difference between mission accomplished and mission failure.

During my active duty service, I learned how to structure emails to maximize a mission’s chances for success. Since returning from duty, I have applied these lessons to emails that I write for my corporate job, and my missives have consequently become crisper and cleaner, eliciting quicker and higher-quality responses from colleagues and clients. Here are three of the main tips I learned on how to format your emails with military precision:
How to Listen When You Disagree: A Lesson from the Republican National Conven...

So, I asked: “Thank you for sharing that.

Tell me your story?
How to Think About Your Career. Mini-Retirement Week 1: Time Management. The past 4 years have been a blur operating, expanding and managing The Hostel Crowd.

I can speak for the entire team when I say that 24 hours in a day was never enough.
What makes for a dream job? Here's what the evidence says.
We all want to find a dream job that’s enjoyable and meaningful, but what does that actually mean?

Some people imagine that the answer involves discovering their passion through a flash of insight, while others think that the key elements of their dream job are that it be easy and highly paid. We’ve reviewed two decades of research into the causes of a satisfying life and career, drawing on over 60 studies, and we didn’t find much evidence for these views. Instead, we found six key ingredients of a dream job.

Sheryl Sandberg Berkeley commencement speech. The Busy Person’s Lies. How to Read a Book a Week. It was the late 1980s and I was sitting in a university lecture hall listening to Abbie Hoffman, an author and an activist, ranting about my generation’s indifference.

Next to me was Gloria Emerson, a brilliant and eccentric journalist and author. We were discussing Hoffman’s talk when I told her how much I loved being in the thick of all these ideas.
1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exer...
Re-reading is inefficient. Here are 8 tips for studying smarter.
The Myth of Quality Time. Photo.

How to write paragraphs — Advice for authoring a PhD or academic book. In English the core building blocks of any intellectual or research argument are paragraphs.

Each paragraphs should be a single unit of thought, a discrete package of ideas composed of closely linked sentences. The most generally applicable sequence to follow is — Topic, Body, Tokens, Wrap.
Why You Should Wait Five Minutes Before You React - Motto. How I Became A Morning Person, Read More Books, And Learned A Language In A Year. You’ll notice that I made the title of this post sound quite impressive (at least I hope I did!).

But the great thing about this story is that anyone can have such an impressive outcome, and it’s not at all as daunting as it might sound. In fact, all these outcomes came from doing small things every day over a long period.
52 things I learned in 2015. 52 things I learned in 2015 This year I got an amazing new job (at Fluxx) and continue to be surprised by the amount of things still to be learned in the world. $8 pizza tastes 11% better than $4 pizza, even when the pizza is the same.
Does Trying to Be Happy Make Us Unhappy?
Does Trying to Be Happy Make Us Unhappy? As we muddle through our days, the quest for happiness looms large. In the U.S., citizens are granted three inalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The kingdom of Bhutan created a national index to measure happiness.
Why Reporters Like Me Ignore Famous Female Economists. The Life-Changing Magic of Not Tidying Up. Screw Finding Your Passion.